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be passing of the Reform Bill. The triumph of Conservatism on the present occasion, therefore, is to be referred, as our Con temporary well argues, not to any defection on the part of men who have hitherto supported Conservative candidates— but to increased activity amongst the hitherto-apathetic Conser vatives, in a borough which ought to be the very head. quarters of Conservatism ! The Whigs, however, are an odd generation During the period in which their juggleries under the Reform Bill enabled them to secure immense majorities in the House of Commons, the fact that they did possess such majorities was pointed to by their supporters, as a proof that the policy of the " reform Ministry" was necessarily, the best of all pos sihle policies. The fact that the "reform Ministry" has, now, ne majority at all, ought, surely, by parity of reason, to be ad mitted as a proof that " reform" policy is sadly at a discount ! So, in regard to these Marylebone elections ! a Whig victory in that borough used to prove (according to the Whigs) that the Conservatives there were weak ;—but a Whig defeat (on the same authority) by no means proves, that the Conserve- Ives are strong ! The assertion that the u ltra-Radicals of Marylebone have decided the election in favour of Lord Teignmouth is at variance, not only with the fact, but is sadly at variance with other assertions by the Whigs, as to the numbers and importance of the ultra-Radical body ! The ultra-Radicals were signally discomfited at `the last general election. The results of that election `showed, in fact, that there is no ultra-Radical party in the kingdom. There may be in each constituency, a score or two of men disposed to go much further in " reform" policy, than the Whigs are disposed to go ; but assuredly, an ultra-Radical party, is not to be met with any where ! The fact has been proclaimed a thousand times by the Whigs themselves; and the miserable ultra-Radical band in tho House of Commons—comprehending five or six votes — has often been pointed to by Whig officials, as representing, faithfully, the relative numerical power, out of doors, of the Ultra- Radical section of the society ! In their assumption on this subject, the Whigs were perfectly right. The ultra , ' adicals have as little influence upon the various constituen cies in the kingdom, as Mr. Grote, and his four or fire compa nions have, upon the deliberations of the House of Commons. But even if, for the sake of argument' it were conceded to the :Whigs, that the co-operation of the ultra-Radicals has been instrumental in returning Lord Teignmouth as the represen tative of Marylebone—how, let us ask, would such a conces sion serve the cause of Whiggery ? A coalition, if such had in truth taken place, between the Conservatives and the ultra- Radicals, would prove nothing more than the fact—which ten thousand other proofs tend,daily, to establish—that the Whigs are rapidly losing all that a few short months ago belonged to to them, of the confidence of the country ! The ultra-Radi cals, till within these few weeks, supported the Whigs on all occasions ; and, till within these few weeks, the Whigs, in ex change for the habitual support of the ultra-Radicals, were ac customed, from time to time to lavish a few unimportant civi lities upon their allies. Now, however, the ultra-Radicals utterly repudiate the Whigs; and the Whigs, thereupon, raise the howl of " treason" against their old backers ! What fully is this ! The ultra- Radicals, whatever may be their value ( and Heaven knows that value is but small in amount) are the same men in all respects now, as they were in 1835, when the pre sent miserable occupants of office, organised a conspiracy amongst " all classes of Reformers," to drive the Duke of Wellington, and Sir Robert Peel, from power. The \%higs have changed since that period—not the ultra- Radicals ! Let the Whigs, however, (if such be their high pleasure) by all means, abuse the ultra- Radicals, and let the ultra-Radicals, again, by all means, disparage the Whts. The affair is n one o f ours; and the parties to the squabble have, beyond doubt, an inexhaustible fund of un pleasant truths to proclaim to the world at the expense of each other. We would only venture to hint to the Whigs, that when they disparage the ultra-radicals, they disparage the very men to whose energies they were indebted, to some extent at least, for their restoration to office ; and to whose support, continued without interruption till the present session, they have been indebted, at times, for the means of pi °long ing their wretched Ministerial career. The theme, in short, rese-ires delicate hanuinz by the NA higs. We do not, by any means, object to hear the ultra- Radicals char r g , -d with " base- Less." and treachery ;"—for we know that the ultra- Radi _ cals were parties to the opposition which displaced Sir Robert Peel three years ago; and that opposition, we are well aweee, rested on " baseness," of the deepest shade. —Morn ing Herald. Ot . cours., the Cons , rvative triumph in Marylebone may be viewed in a variety of lights, which, in our hurried notice of it on Saturday, we could hardly even glance at. Notwith ttamting the ingenious speculations of a respected evei,ing, Codtempomry, our opinion remains unaltered, not only that the results indicates a strong reaction among those new con stituaucies, whose earlier exercise of political rights had neither been guided nor tempered by experience, but that the personal qualities of Lord Teignmouth, 'esp.-table as he is, have contributed to this victory no otherwise than in furnish ing the usual conventional symbol of certain general prin !sip'. s, %hose growing influence would, we cannot doubt, have been successfully asserted on the present occasion, although his Lordship had never been born. The pros ' parity of that great cause, of which the Noble Lord is now, and we trust will long continue, a worthy representa. tine, cannot, in our judgment, be justly identified with the personal attributes of any of its professors, be they who they may. It is the cause of reason, religion, and social happiness ; and while we are by no means indifferent to any advantage it may derive from the amiable qualities of i's supporters, who, nevertheless, scarcely confer more honour thereon than they themselves receive front it, we yet bear in mind not only that the abstract reasonableness of Con servative principles is sufficient per se to sustain and extend their triumph, but that Individual character, how good soever it inay be, as in this case, is much too variable an element to brine them into permanent favour, as well as too shifting an anchorage to moor them on with perfect safety. That the Marylebone victory, therefore, has arisen wholly or chiefly from the mere personal popularity of the successful candidate, is what we cannot imagine. Lord Teignmouth however, will, we trust, dischaige his Parliamentary duties with the energy and judgment which his important position demands. Viewed in the abstract, the election which has happened to fall upon his Lordship is an authoritative sad influence testimony against the miserable Ministry for whose expulsion it virtually prays ; nor can their heart's soreness at this event be better judged of than by the quiverings and convulsions into which it has thrown those lower extremities of theirs—the Government journalists. Certainly these alarmed dependents are carrying their wrath and wo beyond all reasonable bounds. One of them screams out, that Lord Teignmouth owes his return to the assistance of the ultra- Radicals. Another protests that all the " instructed persons" voted for Mr. Ewart ; and a third anticipates that this defeat, followed by Sir William Moles worth's motion to morrow evening, will be the final death-blow of the Whigs. Now, in all this there is manifestly a good deal of that lugu brious wailing which shows that the days of Lord Melbourne's Court dinners and Cabinet influence are unhappily numbered. Alas, for the vicissitudes of human life ! His Lordship's kit when-chimney must smoke once more. The Minto waltzings at the Admiralty arc already at a pause. The Glenelgs, Dal _ Inenys, Steuarts, Murrays, Fergusons, Maules, and the whole :'tribe of Scotch corners are even now whining their valedic tory chant " I'll gang nag main to yon toun." All the other Lord Thisee and Mr. Thats must equally evacuate their Tree eury quarters ; but we are the less disposed on these accounts :to dispute the variorum versions of the Marylebone triumph, which have been assigned above, as the causes and precursors .of the approaching move. The assertion that a large number ;'.of what are called Tory-Radi ca l s turne d t h e sca l in Lord Teignmouth's favour is sufficiently disproved by the fact, !that at this election the Ministerial party polled more votes by steveral hundreds than on any former accasion. In the allege , -time that all the " instructed persons" gave their support to the 'Whig nominee we are more inclined to concur. We said on :Saturday that all the official vermin had been instructed to exert themselves in favour of Mr. Ewart. These instruc tions they could not dare to disobey ; and therefore, far from disputing our contemporary's superior information on this lead, we exult in the fact that upwards of 4,000 free and in dependent electors, wholly uninstructed from any quarter, lave spontaneously given their voice in favour of Conserva tive principles. What precise effect this may have upon the party in power, or how it may bear upon the motion of Sir W. Molesworth, we do not stay to inquire, especially as the issue of that motion will so immediately be known. But, apart from all such speculations as these, the acquisition of nother metropolitan seat, to be placed side by side with those .f Greenwich and the City of London, is calculated to give the friends of constitutional government the most encouraging confi dence in the general soundness of Englishmen on allthose fugitive and popular innovations which are now advocated by the lead ing agitators of the day. While the Marylebone victory pro mounces an unequivocal condemnation of the Ministry whom Lord Teignmouth has been elected to oppose—while, in fact, it is virtually a solemn vote in favour of Sir W. Moles 'worth's motion for their expulsion from power—every person must see, especially in connexion with Colonel Thompson's low position on tho poll, that it equally stigmatizes all the favourite projects of the ultra-party, and that even the very "Whigs are scarcely more distasteful to this intelligent consti ency than are the Radical doctrines of Household Suffrage, Ballot, and frequent Parliaments which they have sent a Con servative to resist. It would give us sincere pleasure to find that aech gentlemen as Sir William Molesworth and Colonel Thompson were learning to understand the minds of the Jiritish people, and were consequently abstaining from a tourse of policy, which even if successfully carried in opposi nf s t c cs i et t y h e o a u n l i d fe manifest l a y n a throwlog o t h t e h a w t h c o o l e n progress f society, would only throw us back into that condition of barbarism from which, in obedience to the great laws of moral necessity, it is the object of all improving communities to escape. This Marylebene business is also strongly demon strative of the unabated reverence and affection in which the Church of England is held by all orders of the people. Mr. Ewan, although supported by the Whigs, was obviously the Dissenting candidate. In one point of view indeed, the late struggle was clearly a trial of strength among the Papists and Dissenters in opposition to the established faith. Accordingly, Mr. Ewart was proposed at the hustings by a Roman Catholic, and he was seconded by Mr. Henry Weymouth, Chair a-nan of the Dissenting Board. It appears, however, that 'the combined force of these discordant arties, so unna turally united pro hae vice, has not only') n defeated by the faithful friends of the Establishment, but efeated, moreover, ' l. " spite of the notorious fact, that many professing Church men threw the whole weight of their influence into the Dis osenting scale. Is short, the existing movement in hostility to Stile Establishment has commenced somewhat too soon to an tswer the designs of its abettors, but just time enough to energies of that noble hierarchy ; to :hake herself from the dust of ages, rally the filial affection of her children. iday's contest an uninstructive one to Iself. It is true, that beyond the usual his Lordship's sentiments, no sort of ed or given. But that the distinct his constituents have returned him, and that their wishes on any point not involving an crganic change in the Constitution will always command the noble Lord's best attention and support, we cannot permit ourselves to doubt. Now, on the subject of the New Poor law, it is certain that Lord Teignmouth received the suffrages of immense numbers of electors on the strength of the printed declarations which his Lordship issued upon that question. To the Whig Poor-law it is well known that a large majority of the voters are strenuously opposed on general grounds, but especially to its introduction into the borough of Marylebone ; and so well was this understood by Lord Teignmouth, that these feelings were skilfully played up to in several of the handbills which he addressed to the constituency. Without meaning to give offence, we must take leave to say, that his Lordship's declaration upon this vital point fell ♦ery short in deed of what in our judgment the case absolutely requires. Ne vertheless the fact that the Noble Lord has proclaimed himself an enemy to " the harsher provisions of the New Poor-law," and also " the friend of out-door relief," is of considerable importance. We take Lord Teignmouth at his word ; and as none but a wretched Jesuit will deny that these " harsher pro visions" consist chiefly of the bastardy clauses, the separation of man, wife, and children in workhouses, the denial of pe cuniary aid to labourers out of employment, and the miserable scale of diet and medical treatment to whish paupers are sub jected, so we not only hold that, to this extent, his Lordship has come under a solemn obligation to his constituents, but shall wait, with the deepest interest and anxiety, his early and strenuous exertions, both to discharge that obligation ge nerally, and to resist to the utmost of his power the introduc tion of the new system into the principal parish of the Bo rough which he now has the honour to represent.— Times. PRIVATE BUSINESS OF PARLIA- MENT. NOTTING-HILL FOOTWAY. Mr. Brathwaite's evidence continued.—He certainly pre fers a path across fields to the turnpike road. If this foot path were supped up, the public must choose between the turnpike road and a path by the Potteries, making at least a mile difference in distance. The Hippodrome road is alto gether preferable. People who want recreation, teo, would prefer the footpath over Notting-Hill. The in habitants of Chelsea, Hammersmith, Kensington, &c., in going to the Railway, would not be accommodated by such footpath ; but on the contrary, it would be about two miles out of their way. The footpath by Wood's-lane is generally inconvenient from its swampy nature. The footpath over Notting-Hill is at least twenty feet higher, yet witness was nearly up to his knees, figuratively speaking,—(Loud laughter)—whilst crossing the footpath four years ago. The footpath by Portobello-lane is better, as witness in cross ing it a short time ago did not get mud quite over his shoes. Hut the witness admitted afterwards that the path over the hill of the Hippodrome was comparatively passable. SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS, No, 2. Mr. BARING in the Chair. Blackburn Gas.—Petition for Bill read. Notices proved. Unopposed. Standing Orders complied with. Ramsgate Improvement ( No. 2. )—Petition for Bill read. Notices proved. Unopposed. Standing Orders complied with. Fleetwood Tontine.—Petition for Bill read. Notices proved. Unopposed. Standing Orders complied with. Balmore Road.—Petition for Bill read. Notices proved. Unopposed ; hut it not appearing to the Committee that the declaration lodged by the Commissioners of the road, in lieu of a subscription contract, according to the Standing Order, No. 8, page 18, was sufficiently explicit, some discussion arose ; but subsequently the Committee decided that the Standing Orders had been complied with. Rochester Bridge.—Petition for Bill read, Notices proved, unopposed. Standing Orders complied with. Anderton Carrying Company—Petition for Bill read. Ti.e ' Committee decided that the Standing Orders dtd not apply to this Bill. Islington ( Angel-place) Buildings--Petitioa for Bill read— Vie Committee decided that, in this cave also, the Stand ill' Orders did not apply. 'ltloy Navigation.—Petition for Bill read. Notices proved; but it not appearing to the Committee that the proper sub scription interest, or a declaration in lieu thereof, had been made, as to funds, according to the Standing Order No. 8, page 18, they decided that tile Standing Orders had not been complied with. Nottingham Fields Inclosure.—Petition for Bill read. No tices proved. Unopposed. Standing Orders complied with. Edinburgh Courts of Justicee—This was a petition for leave to extend the time for giving notices, in a Bill to stop a right of way through a public street, called the Royal Lane or Bank Close, in the City of Edinburgh, in order to fecilitate certain contemplated improvements iii and about the buildings of Parliament-square, and the Courts of Justice. Considerable discussion arose in the Committee as to whether this was a public or private Bill. The Speaker had sent the petition before the Committee, appearing to have considered the Bill as a private Bill, quoad hoc the notices. A petition was then read from Patrick Niell and William Fraser, proprietors of houses, and in trade, in the street sought to be stopped up, against the Bill, as injurious to their pro perty and interests. After a lengthened discussion as to whether the Bill were to be considered a private or a public one, the Committee decided that as the Bill was originally considered a public B'll, but as the Speaker considered it ((peed hoc the Inotices) a private Bill, the Standing Ordershad not been com plied with. ELECTION COMMITTEES. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME ELECTION. ThaCOrnniitteo met yesterday at two o'clock, Lord EnalN TON in the Chair. V The Petition of Richard Badnall, of Cotton Hall, Stafford shire, the unsuccessful candidate at the last election, was read. It alleged threats and intimidation on the part of the sitting Member, William Henry Miller, and prayed that his election might be declared void. Counsel for the petitioner, Messrs. Austin, Colburne, and Palmer; and for the sitting Member, Messrs. Thessiger, Wordsworth, and Talbot. Mr. COLEURNE, in the absence of Mr. Austin, stated the case. The questions the Committee would have to decide were bribery and treating merely, and he apprehended that they would have a clear ease to establish before the Com mittee. The election took place on the 233 of July last, and there were three candidates, for whom the numbers were as follow at the close of the poll :—For Mr. De Horsey, 667 ; for Mr. Miller, 633 ; and for Mr. Badnall, the petitioner, 292. The object of the petitioner was to unseat Mr. Miller, leaving the election of Mr. De Horsey untouched. He would be able, be trusted, to prove that not only were acts of bribery com mitted by the agents of Mr. Miller, but by Mr. Miller him self. If those facts were proved, there could be no doubt that the sitting member must be unseated. The Committee might be perhaps called upon to report specially upon the corrupt state of the representation of Newcastle, for although it might not all be proved in connexion with the sitting member, he would be able to show that bribery to a vast amount was carried on during the last election. It was rather a singular fact, that Mr. Badnall polled a majority of 10/. house holders at the last election ; but the freemen (among whom bribery so extensively prevailed) were brought to bear against him, and outvoted him. There was an alle gation in the petition, that a number of fraudulent votes had been given to the sitting Member at the last election, and the petitioner claimed to be seated in his place. The majority for the sitting Member was however so large, al though obtained in the way he had stated, that the petitioner would not undertake the great expense of striking off these fictitious votes, and he had therefore decided not to go into the scrutiny of votes. That part of the petition would there fore be abandoned, and they would confine themselves to the charges of bribery and treating. Zr. WARD, the returning officer, was then called in and examined. He knew Mr. Mason, an extensive tradesman of Newcastle. He took an active part at the election on behalf of the sitting Member, Mr. Miller. There were three or four booths, for which he believed deputies were appointed. The poll-books were delivered to the Town Clerk. The books were brought to the poll clerks from the different booths to the Town Hall. After the numbers had been declared, the books were given to the town-clerk, and I have not seen them since. Mr. Miller was in the habit of taking an active part at former elections. Mr. Mil ler called upon mojat the last election. He was accompanied by some person, but I don't recollect who it was. By Mr. PHILLIPS.—I saw no act of Mr. Mason that lcd me to think he was an agent of Mr. Miller. By the CIIAIRMAN.—Mr. Mason was certainly an active friend of Mr. Miller, Thomas Fenton—l am town clerk of the borough of New castle. I received from the Returning Officer the poll-books after the election. They are in the same state, and have been in my custody ever since. One copy of the poll-books has been taken to be printed. _ _ sat ouse the alumbetqnge4 tu ~. 6 : ~,_. m * e and s l z: . , rvi.xi , 'n and n ~.4.3. ;f v. .6 Fria . i dlo ._.;, iie lit s c , . not ..• . • C ask 4 !l'iirt;L:4:;. fl: ~ .12 4 high Ali! AI tit - YOUGHAL. The Committee then decidediiialihe vote should be struck off, thereby placing the petitioners and the sitting Member again on a level. - The rote of Patrick Clarke was also decided to be good , after which the Committee adjourned. BELFAST. The evidence and speeches of Counsel occupied the Com mittee the whole day. Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS was addressing the Committee in support of the objection, when it was announced that Mr. Speaker was at prayers. The tee-totallers continue t• carry on the war against intemperance with great vigour. The late intensely cold weather does not appear to have affected, in any degree, the warmth of their zeal. SHOPLIFTING.-Three sisters, daughters of a man at Edithwcston, and all married women, were examined at the Town-hall in Stamford on Monday and Tuesday last. It seemed that the three women, residing in parishes several miles apart, and have long been in the habit of meeting at Stamford on market days, and, dressed in large cloaks, going together to drapers' shops, and stealing whatever articles they could secret amongst them. The practice was, after stealing goods, to go together to a public convenience under the market portico, and there to make a division of them, each sister taking a share, or selecting articles of most use to her. The scene at the Town-hall on Tuesday night, when the women ascertained that each had separately made a confes sion implication the others, can hardly be conceived. Each attributed to the ill counsel of her sister her own criminality, and one laid her melancholy situation to the want of care of her educating and habits by a dissolute father. They were all committed to gaol for trial at the Quarter Sessions in April. Besides drapery goods, stolen shoes, ironmongery, and other articles, were found on executing the search warrants. --Lincoln Gazette. ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &o. 2.500 PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 2. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS, per Paid. Share Shares. Annum. 1.766 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldham.... Average 971.185. sh. 135 1,082 41. Ashby-de-le-'touch Average 113/. sh. 65 1.210 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 5 1,605 Si. Brecknock and Abergavenny 1501. sh. 100 6,000 1-16 sh. 9/ 6s. Rirmingham, 1-16th share .41. & 711. 220 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...1251 sh. 100 pd 26 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh o al lpd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 500 4e/ C3ventry 1001. sh. 745 4,545 Croydon 2,060; 41. Os. Dudleyloo/. sh. 63 600 141. Derby 1001. sh. 133 20,000 4 per cent, Danube and Mayne 4l/.13e. 4d .pd 331 ,1 3,5751 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh. 77 231 461. Erowash 1001. en. '7 OO 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde Average 4401.168. th. 595 1 1,600 121. Grand Junction 100/. sh. 220 3,6494 11. Grand Union 1001. Ma 25 1,500 Grand Surrey .... 20,000/. 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 70 3,096 Grand 'Western lOO/. sh. all pd 600 13/.125. lild. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172!. 13s. Ad. 110 749 108. Grantham 1501. sh. 202 6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. t3d. sh. 37 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,328 11. ss. Kennet s.nd Avon, Average 39/.188. 10d, sh. 26 2,8971 241. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 600 5451 13!. Leicester l4O/. sh. 225 1,897 6!. Os. Leicester and Northampton... Aver ,531. I Os. 91 2,400 101. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 20 t 150 101. Melton Mowbray 100/. eh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 565 3,000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 247 171. Neat h 100/.sh. 325 1,786 30/. Oxford 100/. sh. 630 2,401) 5/. Peak Forest Avenge about 78/. sh. 104 1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. Avera l6s. Bd. sh. O : 1116 5,669 61. per cent. Bochdale SOO 81. Shropshire 1251. sh. 138 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 151 i 3,000/. 44 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/ .1 14 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710 500 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sit. 280 300 91. Stourbridgo 3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. tat. sh. 50 533 151. Swansea 100/. sh. 250 3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway-Av. 351. sh. 27 !,6004.h. 32!. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 4 share 1001. sh. 565 8,149 . 000 sh. 15/. Warwick sad Birmingham 100 1 . sh• - 1,600 th. 9 118. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 6,000 4/.os. Worcester and Birmingham._ Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 5,000 258. Wilts an, Berke .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 800 31. Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh san Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 905 11. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. DOCKS. 8,600& 3 3p. c Commercial 100 /. sh. 1,065i5h 408,667 f/. 6 per ct. East India Sock 3,228,3101!. 50s. p.ct. London Stock Ditto Hoods 1,380,000/. 44!. p. ct. West India Stock 2,209 Sl. 193. Bristol 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1.352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Shoreham ibirbour ..... Deptford BRIDGEPiet S. 100} ro 113 100 99f 1,600 ICS. Hammen= ,t 1 5O/. eh. 221 7,2:11 Southwark, Old Av. CO/. 2s. Bd. sh. .4 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 .... ..... W ater l oo 5,000 Ifis. Sd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 19 5,000 16e. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 161 60,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds IIS 5,843 17e Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 18 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/10s Albion 5001 sh 50/ pd 80 50,000 r 5 per cent} Alliance, British fk Foreign 1001. sh. 1011. pd 134 1, and 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 51. pd ei 24,000 11 per oh. Atlas 501. sh. 5/. pd 14 1,200 ;eh. 51. Birmingham I ire "504 sh. 551. pd 1074 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50/. ixl 42 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 504 s 5. 51. pd f 1 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medi Al,&c. Life, 1001. sh. 2110 s pd 4 4,000 21 Igs County lOOl. sh. 101.1x1 42 20,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 51 ~„''' „, 5 - 5 per centl Economic Lite lOOO/. sh. 2501. pd 275 '''' land 301 bs. 2,271 225. percent. European Li • "0/ sh. all pd 22 50,000 2a. Ditto, New "01. sh 21. pd 11 1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe 20,001 sl• Guardian lOO/. sh. 271/ pd 1544 10,000 Gs. od. Hop 50/. sh. 51. I'd 51' 2,100 5/. 7s. lid. Imperial Lire 500/ sh. 50:. pd 1261 7,500 gs. Imperial Lite,. 100/. sh. 101. pd 10 13,458 4/. per cent Indemnity Alai ine li 0/. sh. 8/. pd 20 2,0'20 51 103 Kea t Fire.......,. 501. sh. all pd 82 3/. Ditto Life 79 10,c00 16s. Law Life 1001. sh. 104 pd 251 S ties IN. London, Firs 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd lo 3,900 10a. London, Ship '251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 16 30,0.0 '.l. per cent Palladium ISi • 5O/. sh. 2/. ix! 218 s 0.1 511,000 41. per cent. Prcteutor File 0 11/. sh. 21. pd 17.0x1 -,, 11l li. Provident hoe i00,,$)(1 :,'. Rock Life °Ol. sh. 1/. pd CI 0 =.0,-201 51. percent. Royal Each I g.? Stu. k_ 2254 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite 'oo/. sh. 51. pd s ; ' 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2l. !xi JOINT SIOCK BANKS _55,(100 8 per cent Agric. and Conlin. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 5,1;00 Australasia lOl. sh. 401. pd ,0,001 10 per cent. Han of Bi, inincham 5ll. sh. 10/. pd . o,i sla 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 'O/. sh. 51. pd 1,000 spercent. London and Westminst n... 160/ sh. 20/. pd 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster ..... .....„..-- ........ :00/. sh. 1 101. pd 25, , 00 Liverpool 1001 ch. 10/. pd 50,000 71 per cant Blanchester and Liverpool' 100/. oh. 15/ pd Viscount 20,0 Al 7 per cent. Manchester. 100/.811. 251 pd 20,000 Provincial Balk of Ireland-10U sh. 251. pd 20, , 110 National Bank of Ireland ...5 1 1. sh 174!. pd 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Lug. ...14)01. sh. 351. pd 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 111/. p 4.1 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. eh. 51. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1156 6,1 Bath 2O/. sh. 161. pd 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 5,00 e 1 . 5 . 1 ,T,T, e . t1 Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 19 d 928 Si 10s Birmingham 5O/. sh. 4,250 21 Os Bristol 2o . sh. 1,500 3110 s Brighton 2Ol. t.h. 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 4,000 41. Continental Cansolidated lOO/. 6211. pd 1,000 10/. City cd London lOO/. sh. all pd 1,000 6/. Ditto, New 14,000 41. 10s. Equitable .. . 'O/. pd 10,000 24 per cent. Imperial 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet 9 51. sh 204 pd 2,350 61. per cent. I ndependent 9O/. sh. all pd 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix 501.58. 39/. pd 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff 1001. sh. Si)?. pd 4,000 South Metropolitan 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 461. pd 240 5/. per cent. Warwick ... 501. sh. 400 101. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 12,000 31. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s, Ditto New 541. sh. 104 pd SGO Yarmouth 201. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS. 4,800 9s. Birmingham 251 sh. 251 pd 1,434 61. East London lOO/. sh. 2/. Kent 1001. sh. 5 : 500 21 108 Grand Junction .... Average 41 / 13s. 4.<1. sh. 2000 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 1,500 21 10s New River Loudon Bridge W a ter Annuities 6,186 11 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. h. 1,000 4 per cent. South London 1001. o h. 9,294 41, West Middlesex ....Average 6:31. 12s. gd. sh. 1.360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/• sh. IRON RAILWAYS. 6,000 ......... Birmingham and Derby 2Ol. p 0 9,540 ... ...... Birmingham and Gloucester 7,500 ......... Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 15,000 ......... Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh. 10 pd 660 Calcutta and Saugus 5Ol. sh. '2l. pd 7,500 ...... ... Cheltenham and G. Western...lool. sh. 711. 3,002 ...... ... Clarence lOO/. sh. 1001. pd 1'2,000 ...... ... Commercial Blackwall 501. sh. 21. pd 8,000 „„,...,. Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 21 pd 69,000 ......... Eastern Counties 251. sh. 31. pd Grand Junction 1001. sh. 95/. Pi „„,....... Great North of England l3/. Pd 5,000 ..«.«.. Great Western WO/. sh. 651. pd 2,000 ......... Hartlepool 160/. sh. 1001. pd 8,000 Hull and Selby SOL sh. 101. Pd 10,000 _ Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 2,100 31. per amt. Leeds and Selby.., . lOO on. 1,501) 11.55. Leicester and Swannington ....ser. sh. all pd 3,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(l.Bh. 1001. pal 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "al. IA 36,000 .....«... London and Brighton 50/. sh. 81. Pd 12,000 ..... .... London and Blackwall 501. sh. 31. Pd 20,000 3 per .sent. London and Greenwich "01. sk. 201. pd 25,000 . London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 901. Pd Ditto Quarter Shares 51. Pd 20,600 London and Southampton --MIL sh. 501. pd Ditto ditto New..... 5/. pd 7,000 - ...... ... London and Croydon Trunk 2el. sh. 201. pd 7,000 Ditto Scrip 14/. sh. 51. pd 12,000 , London Grand Junction.... ..... 50/. sh. 51. pd 10,000 ...... „ Manchester and Birmingham...7ol.Al. 71. Pd North Midland 1001. sh. '25/.lxl Northern and Eastern lOO/. sh. Sl. Pd 2,600 .... Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 30 1 . Pd 28,000 ..South Eastern and Dover 71. pd 1,000 10/. per cet .t. Stockton and Darlington lot/.sh. 9,000 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. 2/, pd 6,000 . York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 121. pd MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 341. Pd 4,000 IL ss. Alien 151. sh. 121. 10s Pd 111,000 „........ Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd Ditto Subscription .251. pa 2,000 10/. Bolanos , 1501. sh all lid , 10,000 11. 106 Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 251 . oh. 201 Pd 6,000 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey '2Ol. oh. 91. pd 10,000 . Bolivar Copper Company ...... 201. sh. 211/. pd 10,000 , Ditto Scrip 101. sh. sz. pd 20,000 British Iron 50/. sh. 501 Pd 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. W. pd Cats Branca 64/. pd Candonga 7l/. pd 10,000 11 Copiapo 2Ol. sh 1241 pd 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51. p m . 2,850 31. English 121 Its. pd 20,000 General Mining Assoclation...2o/. oh. 15/. pd 0,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 55i/, p d 3,00 Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 81. pd 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 30,000 ..«....+United Alexia:lt, iss. 2pm ....40/. sh. all pd Mtn. Scrip 1 Ditto New Scrip L W n c E st ß C A or ß k y INsT London, with Bronze ' 1,000 London University 7sgs. sh. 1001. sh. all pd 115") ..".." ' Russell 2.5g5. sh, 700 .... ..... King' College 1001. pd MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural-100/. sh. 2611. pd 10,000 ISL t. British American Land Company "U. pd 6,000 4/. per c, tri t Canada Comony 100/. sh. 281. pd 10,00) 61 per c. 10 " s. Upper Canada Loan 200,000 31. per C en City Bonds, 4 per cent ..., General Steam Navigation ...151. oh. 131. pd 15,000 1/. 62. t Hudson's Bay Stock 101. per c , :n • London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 2,000 11. Caoutchouc Company 0 51 sh. 21i. pd 8,000 Dt. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 1001.1x1 b 7 )35:.1 5/ 5/ . . per . r g 1e.,, ,...- t * 100/. sh. 70/. pd Thames Tunnel 50/. sh. all pd 4,0(1) 10,600 6s, Ditto New UTTicikrt 505./, oh. 505/1. pd LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES_ BANKS. 1,500,00i4 6/. 1 I. ct. Bank j o i l ‘ S7co Scotland 18 3 88 .31. 6 1 ; 1 000 8: 01. is ... h s :. h hh . 3ol..lo a a,l l . l l : pdpd 1:3 1 4 1f :/ ; :: 2,000,0y4 51 i .. ct Royal of Scotland 500,030/, 8 i ~ et. British Linen Company 3,000,000/. 6/.1 ~ ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 1754 5000,0005. 5 t .. CC. National 2,00C,0004 61. p .ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh di. 4'"'("4 4 r • ' INSURANCE COMPANIES. * 256.0005 h. 61 c ,, sct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1/, pd 251, 7,508 61 p . Ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 10/. pd 131 15 s . 5 p. et. I nsura nce Co. of Scotland -.101. sh. all pd 815„ 1 5 0,000 0,000 (3 /3. et, N or th British 2001 . sh. 101 . pd 16/. aledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 1910 + 1,000 5,000 i ip. et, VAiinburgh I,ite 100/. sh. 104 psi 14110 s 100,000 3/ .p. ct. West ot Scotland lO/. pd -no, I'dISCELLANEOUS . 4,810 ""*. Edin . and GI as. Un. Cana1... 501 . sh. all pd =. Ditto Allocated 901. sh. all pd 654 5,400 5 1K r cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 25/. sh. all pd 364 Carron Iron Company 2501. s h, all pd 45/. I °°°sl.) 15 1) , r cant. Sho tta Iron Foundery... . 501. ah 3 , q1. pd 44/ . 0,000 3pC r cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 161. ixt s i. 4,500 10 pt .t . cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 50/ 4,450 10 p , !t cent. Glasgow Gas q5l. sh. all pd 61/ 750 7 i 1 er cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 45/. 1 ,2• 06 .. ... Edinburgh and Dalkeith RaPway...sol. ah rok 3,000 51 c ' f ... ...... P. quitable Loon Companyu.'lsl. oh. U!. pd 101. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1838. PRIVATE BUSINESS OF PARLIA- MENT DURING LAST WEEK. RAILWAYS—CANALS, &c. MONDAY, FEB. 26. London Grand Junction Railway.—Petition of Robert 14' William, Esq., complaining of non-compliance with the Standing Orders. Re ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. Montgomeryshire (Western Branch) Canal.—Report (19th Feb.) from Select Committee on Standing Orders read. Bill ordered to be brought in. Great Central Irish Railway.—Petition for leave to present a petition reported. Leave given. Petition presented accordingly. Referred to Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. Eastern Counties Railway Bill.—" To amend and enlarge the powers and provisions of the Act relating to the Eastern Counties Rail way." Presented and read a first time—to be read a secoud time. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway—Petitions in favour of the applica tion. From Magistrates, Dean of Guild, and Councillors of Thurso; and merchants, manufacturers and inhabitants of Thurso. TUESDAY, FEB. 27. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway—Petition of the Lord Prevost, Ma gistrates, and Town Council of Inverness, in favour of the application for a Bill. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. Resolution reported. 6. " That in case of the Midland Counties Railway, the partied be permitted to proceed with their Bill." Resolution agreed to. Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Bill.—Read second time, and committed. Montgomeryshire (Western Branch) Canal To increase cer tain rates authorised to be collected on the Western Branch of the Montgomeryshire CanaL" Presented and read first time, to be read second time. • Grand Junction Railway.—Petition for Bill reported ; Report re. (erred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28. St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway.—Petition of David Bell house, complaining of non-compliance with the Standing Ord erg—re ferred to the Select Committee on petitions fur private Bills. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.—Petition from Whitbur■ against the application. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.—Petitions in favour of the appli cation from Warrington and Dublin. Bolton aid Preston Railway,—Petition for Bill reported ; Report re ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Order.. THURSDAY, 11ARCn 1. Oxford and Great Western Union Railway.—Petition for Bill re ported, and Bill ordered to be brought in. Severn Navigation (No. I.)—Petition for Bill reported. Ardrossan Railway.—Petition of John Gay, complaining of non compliance with the Standing Ordors ; refers ed to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. Midland Counties (Mountsorrel) Railway.—Report (97th February) from Select Committee on Standing Orders read. Bill ordered to be brought in. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.—Report (19th February) from Select Committee on Standing Orders read. Bill ordered to be brought in. Great Central Irish Railway.—Petition of Samuel Draper, Secretary t• the Directors of the New Royal Canal Company in Ireland, against the application for a Bill. FRIDAY, MARCH 2. London and Greenwich Railway Bill.—Petition of the Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital against, referred to the Committee on the Bill. Counsel ordered. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, for making a Railway from Edinburgh to Glasgow, to be called the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail wad, with a branch to Falkirk. Presented and read first time, to be read second time. ROADS, INCLOSURES, IMPROVEMENTS, &c. MONDAY, FEB. 26. • Tenby Improvement and Harbour Bill.—Read a _second time, and committed. Brampton, Bierly, and Hooton Roberts Roads.—Petition for Bill re. ported. Helsington, &c. (Westmoreland) Inelosure.—Petition for Bill reported. Buckstones and Elland Bridgo Roads.—Petition for Bill reported. TUESDAY, FEB 27. Paignton Harbour Bill.— Report further considered. Amendments agreed to. Netting-Hill Footway Bill.—Motion made and question proposeli— That Mr. Slaney be added to the Committee on the same, Motion with drawn. Ogley Hay (Stafford) Incinsure Bill.—Lords' amendments agreed to. Southmolton Road.—Petition for additional provision ; referred to the Select Committee on petitions for private Bills. Standing Orders Committee—resolutions reported.—l. That in case of the Farringdon-street (London) improvement petition, the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on depositing forthwith in t he Private Bill-office the lists of owners, lessees, and occupiers. 3. That in the case of the Rugby and Luttcrworth.road petition, the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on making appli cation to the Trustees of the Northampton and Due hurch Road, other wise called the Dunchurch and Hill Morton Road. 4. That in case of the Higham Ferrers Inclosure Petition, the par ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on giving notices in the " London Gazette," and in some and the same Newspaper, published in the county of Northampton, for three successive weeks, and on affix ing the notice on the Church-doors of the parish of Higham Ferrers ; and that the Committees on this and the pre ceding Bills, do examine in the first place how far such Orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. 5. That in case of the Birkenhead Improvement Petition, the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. Resoluti•ns agreed to. Birkenhead Improvement—Report (this day) from select Committee on Standing Orders read. Bill ordered to be brought in. Combmartin Road—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in. Cookham Bridge—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in. Luton and St. Alhan's Road.—Petition for Bill reported. Ellesmere Roads.—Petition fur Bill reported. Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Haverfordivest Inclosure.—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in. Great Worley (Essex) Inclosure.—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in. Wortley, Armley, and Bramley Road.—Petition for Bill reported. Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Leeds and Homefield Lane-end Road.—Petition for Bill reported. Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. WEDNESD•Y, FEB. 9.BTH. Rugby and Lutterworth Road.—Petition from Rugby, against the application. Linton (Cambridge) Inclosure.—Petition for additional provision referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. Luton and St. Alban's Road.—Report (27th Feb.) on petition for Bill read. Report referred to the Select Committee on Standiug Orders. Paignton Harbour Bill.—Read third time (Queen's consent signi fied). Bill passed. THURSDAY, MARCH IST. Tenby Improvement and Harbour Bill.—Petition of Edward Harley, President of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, against. Staley Road.—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in. Leamington Priors Improvement.—Petition for Bill reported. Leamington Priors Gas.—Petition for Bill reported. Wakefield and Halifax Road.—Petition for Bill reported ; Report referred to the Select Committee o• Standing Orders, Salterhebble Road.—Petition for Bill reported ; Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Walsall Market Bill, " for regulating and improving the markets and market tolls, and for establishing a cattle market, and for providing suitable buildings and conveniences for the same, within the borough of Walsall, iu the county of Stafford.—Presented and read a first time. To be read second time. FRIDAY, ilkiCii 2. Dee Bridge Roads Bill.—Read second time, and committed. Londonderry Bridge.—Report (15th December) from Select Com. niitteit on .tanding Orders read. Bill ordered to be brought in Corabrnartin Roada Bill.—For making a turnpike road from Comb_ martin, in the county of Devon, to Bratton Down, in the same county, and several other roads in the neighbourhood thereof. Presented and read first time. To be. read second time. Witcham (Cambridge) incTosure Bill—" For inclosing lands in the parish of Witcham, in the Isle of Ely, in the County of Cambridge.''— Presented and read Ist time—to be read 2d time. Buckstones and Elland Bridge Roads—Report (26th Feb.) from th• Select Committee of Petitions on Private Bills read ; Bill ordered to be brought in. St. Pancras Paving—Petition of George Cooke Banke, complaining •f non-compliance with the Standing Orders ; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. MISCELLANEOUS, MONDAY, Fes. 46. Gravesend Pier Bill—Petitions against, from Corporation of Graves end ; creditors on the pier tolls ; free watermen of Gravesend and Mil tan I and inhabitants of Gravesend and Milton. Gravesend Pier Bill—Petitions in favour ; from Inhabitants of Gravesend ; bondholders of the Corporation of Gray send; and Mort gagees of the pier tolls; to lie on the table. Necropolis Cemetry Bill.—Read a second time and committed. Barnsley Small Debts.—Petition for Bill reported. South Holland (Lincoln) Drainage.—Petition for Bill reported. Anti-Dry-rot Company Bill, for regulating the sums to be taken for licences by the Anti-Dry-rot Company, and for vesting the profits thereof in the Company for a limited time. Glasgow Waterworks Bill.—To alter and amend, and in part repeal the powers of certain Acts for supplying the City of Glasgow ani suburbs with water ; to enable the Company of Proprietors of the rpre ; and presented o an d alter readthe rates first timleviableto be by te said second payroad i G l asgo w Waterworks to purchase the Cranston-hill Waterworks, and to raise P o rtsmouth a Floating further proprietors, Bridge.—Petitions against the application, from of to moneyrs, sen t h e i n habitants of G os p ort and Alverstoke, and watermen of Gos p ort, P or tsea, and Por tsmouth. G r avesend Pie r Bill.—Motion made, and q uestion p ro p osed " that the Bill be rea d a second time. Amendment p ro p osed to leave out the Co t m ime n word "now," and at the end of the question to add the words '. upon this day six months." Question put " That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The House divided—Ayes 195 ; Noes 44. Main q uestion put and agreed to. Bill read 2d time and committed. TUESDLY, FEB. 27. 43 13 32 95j lot 24 Portsmouth Floating Bridge.—Petition for 13111 reported. West India Doeks.—Petition for Bill reported. Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Deal Head (Huddersfield) Reservoir—Petition for Bill reported. Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Gravesend Comotery.—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in. Oldham Gas and Waterworks.—Petition for Bill reported. WIDNESDAY, FES. 98. Birmingham i g harn Equitable Gas.—Petition for Bill reported, a n d Bill Holhech and G edne y Drainagt—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill or d er ed to be brought in. St. Paul's (D ublin) Burial Ground.—Petition f rom St. Paul's, Dub lin, for an addit ional burial g roun d f or so l diers who die in the garrison • f Dublin. orderedtno be brought in. TUVUDAY, UAROU I. St. pandas Paring.—Petition for Bill reported ; report referred to Select Committee on Standing Orders. Turton and Entwisle Ileservoir.—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in. Marylebone Small Debts.—Petition for Bill reported. Sudbury Town Lands.—Petition for Bill reported. Protestant Dissenters Assurance Company.—Petition for Bill re. ported. FRIDAY, MAILCII L. South Holland (Lincoln) Drainage.—Report 26th Feb, from Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills read; Bill ordered to be brought in. ham Equitable Gas Bill.—" For more effectually supplying Birmingham, and certain parishes, hamlets, and g tnherfeto,bya Company to be called " The Birmingham ght Company," presented and read first time, to be read Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Drainage.—Petition of the Fish. mongers' Company of London, complaining places. e Equitable withß r aalsd i n jn o thec en. aits: noncompliance with the Standing Orders; referred to the Select Committee on petitions for pri - •ate Bills. Soane's Museum.—Petition of Trustees of Sir John Soane's Museum against the application. — ELECTION COMMITTEES. (Concluded from our First Edition of Saturday.) LONDON ELECTION COMMITTEE. The Committee were occupied the whole afternoon in hearing evi dence from printers, which was of the same nature as the former . Mr. Balne, in his evidence, said the bills he printed were not deli. livered until the 27th July, which was after the election. Mr. AUSTIN then suggested that it ought to be struck out. The Room was cleared, and when Counsel and agents were again called in-- The CHAIRMAN said the Committee had decided that Mr. Balne's evi. dence should stand on the notes, as it was evident that he had made a mistake as to the date. He was also instructed by the Committee to re port another resolution, which had been agreed to unanimously, viz.:— " The Committee further direct me to report, that Counsel for the pe titioner shall be prepared with evidence tending more directly to impli cate the sitting Members."—Adjourned. NEWCASTLE.UNDER-LYME. After a lengthened discussion the room was cleared, and on the ad. mission of strangers the Chairman stated that the Committee were unanimously of opinion that the statement of witness should not be ex punged from the notes of the proceedings. Enoch Walls was then examined. He corroborated the evidence of the last witness in many particulars with respect to the conversation be tween Mr. Wilson and Mr. Miller. The amount required to purchase seven score men was stated by him to be 5001. instead of 7001. Cross-examined by Mr. TuEssiGaa—Witness believes he is a tailor, but is not certain. He swears he is now a journeyman tailor. There was something said to him about having taken his father's money. His father and another person (Ellisfield) followed him some distance from Newcastle, and took 21. Bs. from him. That was hie own money. He had at his horse 3/. 14s. belonging to his father, which he had given to him. I might have said to Mr. Drake, when I was summoned " that I would go a good un ;" we are always top-full of fire, we Radicals in Newcastle. I came down here this morning in a cab with Mr. Badnall. It was a patent cab where we get in behind, and a rum affair it is.—(Laughter.) I asked Lester that night to give me something to carry me over the Sunday. Gallimore and Plant came in immediately afterwards. Mr. Lester got change and gave a shilling each to us. I was first examined at the Roebuck Hotel, Newcastle; Mr. Badnall was present ; I was yesterday examined in London ; I voted fur Miller and Badnall, because I did not like to lose a vote; the winning Member generally gives a sovereign for " making money," but I had only a half sovereign. Samuel Shepherd, a publican of Newcastle, examined. During the canvas at the last election, Mr. Miller called upon me, and asked ine for my vote. I told him I would not give it, because he had not paid me what he owed me. It was for meat and drink supplied to voters at a former election. Mr. M. said, if I promised to vote for him, he would see it all set right. The sum was 41. I voted for Badnall and De Horsey. John Broomall, a cabinet-maker of Newcastle— I saw Mr. Mason ac companying Mr. Miller on his last canvass. I had a conversation with Mr. Mason on the day of the polling, between twe and three o'clock in the morning. He asked me to vote for Miller, and that he would give me three pounds. I was also to have my " making money," 255., which I had paid for obtaining my freedom. I was also to get 21. each from Miller and De Horsey, as market money. I voted for Badnall and De Horsey, and after the election I received Ss. After this witness had been cross-examined the Committee adjourned YOUGHAL. The next vote objected to was that of James Prendergast, on the ground of removal. It appeared that the voter carried on the curious combination of trades—publican, tobacconist, and pawnbroker, in this same shop. Witness for the petitioner stated that be failed in business, and another person named Flanagan took his house and trade. One witness, named Thomas, in cross_examination, was asked by Mr. Close, had he not advised a person named Parker, that it was not necessary to tell the ehole truth ? The question having been put repeatedly without elici.ing a direct answer, the witness at last sail, " I said nothing about the truth—truth was out of the question."—(Great laughter.) Mr. Dominick Ronayne was called. to prove that the pawnbroking busine s was carried on by Prendergast, in the premises for which he was registered, up to the time of the election. Witness interposed to reconcile Prendergast and a woman named Reed. Witness went to take a pillion out of the office.—(A laugh.) Mr. HARRISON—You went to take an opinion of Counsel.—(A laugh.) Mr. Ronayne—A Counsel's opinion? No—it was the woman's pill:on I went to take out.—(Renewed laughter.) ' The vote was ultimately struck off, whereby the petitioner was placed in a majority.pf one. Mr. ANDREWS, for the sitting member, objected to the vote of Thomas Lewis John, a freeman, on the ground of non-residence. The discussion was postponed, and the Committee adjourned. TAUNTON. Richard Phippen, who ♦oted as a potwaller for the sitting Member, was objected to by the petitioner on the ground of not being properly qualified.—The vote was disallowed. Robert llellings, of Fore street, who voted for the petitioner, was then objected to by the sitting Member, on the ground that he had given up occupation.—Thor vote was struck off: Richard Pigeon, potwaller, was objected to by the sitting Member on the ground that he had been disqualified by ceasing to be a potwal ler within the six months before the election.--Vote disallowed. This placed the sitting Member in a majority of one, and the Corn. mittee then adjourned. BELFAST. The Committee, after being occupied the whole day in hearing evi dence as to the qualification of Mr. Emerson Tennant, ordered the room to be cleared. On our re-admission, a few minutes before four o'clo ck, the Chairman said the Committee had come to the following resolution : —" That it appears to this Committee that Mr. Emerson Tennant is duly qualified." - . The decision was received with loud cheers by the friends of Mr. Tennant. The Committee then adjourned, arranging to proceed with the qualifi. cation of Mr. Dunbar on Monday morning. Independently of the other causes of interruption incident to the weather, the London mails on the 134.-ningham line have been exposed to additional delay by the dangerous state of Chalkhill. It is a curious fact that this morning the Holyhead and the Carlisle Birmingham coaches arrived toge ther at the point near the foot of the hill, where the narrow road round branches off—the Carlisle mail pursuing the road over the hill, and the Holyhead coach taking the cir cuitous route; the result was that the Carlisle coach was with great difficulty, and with the aid of the passengers, dragged through the road at much risk and exertion, having stuck fast three times ; whilst the Holyhead coach travelling at a slow pace, reached the main road near Hockliffe by the circuitous route, considerably before the Carlisle mail. THE SPRING TIDES.—In consequence of the gale which continued to blow from the S. and S. E. during the latter part of last week, the spring tide, on Saturday morning last, was unusually high at Truro, the water entering most of the houses in the lower part of the town. On Sunday, the water was still higher, owing to the wind continuing to blow right into Falmouth harbour, and the water rose about five feet higher than it usually rises, even in spring tides. The consequence was, that the warehouses and private residences on the quay, were completely inundated, and much property was injured.—Cornwall Advertiser. HIGH TIDE.—On Monday we experienced one of the highest tides remembered at this port for many years. High-street and the adjacent lanes were inundated. There were 29 feet of water in the Humber Dock lock-pit, being three feet more than the highest of the last spring tides. A similar tide occurred about seven years ago, but a greater tide has not occurred since January 6, 1807, when there were 30 feet 1 inch of water at the Humber Dock gates.—Hull Advertiser. Yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock, a man, whose tattered garments bespoke extreme poverty, was discovered by the police lying on the step of a door in Glass house-street, Regent -street, in a state of insensibility, and drenched to the skin with the rain. He was removed to St. James's station-house, where, after a short time, he was re stored to consciousness ; he was then locked up in one of the cells, and an hour afterwards he was discovered to be a corpse. From the appearance of the body, it is evident the unfortunate ma* perished from starvation and exposure to the inclemency of the weather ; he seems to have been about forty-four years of age. Nothing was found on his person tending to discover who he was. No man owes more to the Tories than Mr. O'Con nell. He had become a quiet Member of the House ;he had excited a strong party against him in Dublin by his conduct towards the Trades' Unions. Little had been said for some time about the "rent," and when agitation had ceased and ex citement in his favour had nearly died away, the English and Scotch gentry who deny justice to Ireland, take the only means left for making him again the idol of his countrymen. Bets are laid that next year the " rent" will be increased by 5,0001. The officers of the Animals' Friend Society, last week, caused Henry Soloway, and William Brown, to be fined ss. and costs, by Mr. Traill, for having very cruelly treated their horses ; and William Sibley, and George Meredith, in costs, for a similar offence. We regret that some of the Ma gistrates continue to fine so low. Another man was, how ever, fined the sum of 21. by Mr. Jeremy, on a charge pre ferred by the Honorary Secretary, of cruelty to a horse, and an attempt wilfully to drive over him for interfering. A higher fine would have been imposed, if the prosecutor had wished it. • The Crown of Saxony has been in possession ever since 1621 of a pearl fishery in the river Elster and several contributary streams, which, from 1719 to 1836, has produced 11,393 pearls, valued at 18,043 rix dollars. The fishery is di. vided into ten districts or beds, only one of which is explored in a year, as it requires ten years for the pearls to c ome t o maturity. FRosT.—The Dumfries Courier, as well as all Scotch and Irish papers, notice the continued severity of the weather, and the attendant difficulties of travelling. In the former paper we find the following paragraph, penned on Tuesday night last :—Our anticipations have not been realized. The barometer, which fell rapidly, has again risen ; the frost too, returned last night, and is at this moment exceedingly keen. Along the English road it snowed yesterday up to the time the mail reached Dodbeck. The Nith, although pretty full yesterday, was by no means flooded, a strong proof that but little impression has be en ma d e on the snow along i ts course wherever the land is at all elevated. The Edinburgh mail, due at half-past six yesterday morning, arrived shortly before midnight.—lt appears that over the whole South of Scotland the frost continued unbroken up to the morning of the 24th, and that on the 26th it returned. Four more specimens of rare wild fowl have been shot at Sonning by W. Bromley, jun., this week—viz., a pair of the " whistling duck," and a pair of the " oyster catcher ;" this latter bird is not provided with powers fitted for an ex pert swimmer, yet it does not show any aversion to taking the water, upon which it may be said to float rather than swim. When wounded and pursued, it can dire with great quick ness, and remain a considerable time under water. These birds are the constant inhabitants of the sea-shores, and are seldom found inland. The bill is bright scarlet, about three inches long, wide at the nostrils, and grooved beyond them nearly half its length ; with this instrument it easily disen gages the limpets from the rock, and is said to pluck out the oysters from their half-opened shells. They are now in the possession of Mr. T. Harbour, 115, London-street.—Read jug Mercury. STATE OF TRADE (From the Liverpool Chronicle.) THE COTTON TRADE, MANCHESTER.—WO have had a great influx of buyers of manufactured goods since our last report. The demand has been extensive in consequence, no doubt, of the usual modes of conveyance being again open.. It is with great satisfaction we have to state, that some kinds of hand loom cloth are not sufficient in the market to meet the demand, and that wages in consequence have been advanced a little by some manufacturers, and that this advance is likely to become general ere the close of the week. THE WOOLLEN TRADE, LEEDS.—There was not by any means so much done to-day in either of our Halls as for the last few weeks, and there was not any alteration in the value of any description of goods. Very few buyers on a large scale appeared. HUDDERSFIELD, TLESDAY.—There was a considerable bu siness done to-day in fancy goods, but as this is generally the case in the spring of the year, and especially at the com mencement of it, little importance is attached to the circum stance. In the plain goods market the substantial part of the trade, very limited inquiries indeed were made, but we do not alter the value of any article:. HALIFAX, SATURDAT.-We had but a ♦ery limited inquiry for goods to-day, but the state of the weather may account, in a great measure, for it. Prices, however, remain unaltered, and may be said to be firm, at the currency of the last five or six weeks. The transactions in wool are on a very limited scale, and though the staplers attempted to get it up a little, they did not, we think, in any instance succeed. BRADFORD, Titortsaay..—The general opinion appears to be, that about the same amount of business has been done to-day as on this day week, but that there exists a stronger inclination to purchase, provided that pieces could be made to meet their views, and as lower rates are entirely out of the question, it is only a still further increased demand that can establish satisfactory rates between bu3er and seller. In Yarns there is nothing different to report from the opinions expressed last week, except, perhaps, that the ma nufacturers are rather more rhy in their purchases, evi dently waiting to see the effect to be produced by a complete opening of the canal. In any kind of Wools there was little doing, the high prices no doubt tending to curtail operations to a great extent. ROCIADALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAT.-There was rather an extraordinary feature in the market to-day, for which it is impossible to account, viz., that with a much better demand, especially for the coarser description of goods, the prices could not be maintained which were last week freely paid. There is as little doing in wool as can possibly be, so as to keep the manufacturers going, as the present low prices do not justify purchasers in taking more than for instant consumption ; prices steady. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrived, March 3.—Her Majesty's ship Athol!, Karloy, from the Mauritius, at Cork, sailed Dec. 13, Simon's Bay Jan. 4, St. Helena Jan. 16, and Ascension, Jan. 22. Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Nahaut, Church, Jan. 11, from whaling, and sailed on the 15th for Boston ; Nil, Bon nett, Jan. 11, from Bourbon, and sailed on the 13th for Mar seilles ; Erasmus, Marks, Jan. 12, from Batavia, and sailed on the same day for the Downs; Rortenour, Glazueur, Jan. 13, from Batavia, and sailed on the same day for Rotterdam ; Abeille, Burdic, Jan. 14, from Bourbon, and sailed on the 15th for Nantes ; Hope, Coombes, Jan. 14, from Calcutta and the Cape, and sailed on the 16th for London ; London Packet, Jenny, Jan. 14, from whaling and the Cape, and sailed on the 15th for New Bedford ; Condace, Reid, from whaling, for America ; George Canning, Winn, Jan. 14, from Colombo, and sailed on the 15th for London ; Egbert, Paulin, from the Mauritius, and sailed Jan. 15, for London ; Sloop, Schuchart, Jan. 15, from Batavia, and sailed on the 16th for Rotterdam ; Eagle, Guillemot, Jan. 15, from Bourbon, and sailed on the 16 for Marseilles; Mandarin, Donald, Jan. 16, from Calcutta, for Liverpool. Departure from St. Helena.—The Princess Victoria' Lee, Jan. 13, for the Mauritius. Arrivals at the Mauritius.—The Porcupine, Vaulking, Nov. 23, from Madagascar; the Earl Pol,vis, Spittall, and Mary Anne, Anderson, Nov. 28, from Calcutta ; the London, Bull, Nov. 27, from Bordeaux and the Cape ; the Norfolk, Ris downey, Nov. 28, from London; the Antoinette, Adair, Nov. 20, from Pondicherry ; the True Love, Coulton, Nor. 29, from Tamatave ; the Belzoni, Salmon, Nov; 30, from Cal cutta ; the Samuel l3aker, Wild, Nov. 30, from Bristol ; the Thomas Snook, Baker, Dec. 1, from Calcutta ; the Regis. Johnson, Dec. 1, from Swan River or Pedang; the Calypso, Smith, Dec. 2, from London ; the Elizabeth, Saunders, Dec. 2, from London ; the Britannia, Leith, Dec. 4, from Cal cutta ; the Zoe, Holmes, from Marseilles ; the Advocate, Wilkinson, Dec. 6, from London ; the Nimble, Litlow, Nor. 22, from Tamatave ; the Sanspareil, Papein, Nov. 27, from Diego Garcia ; the Raduma, Harris, Tartar, Laconforgal. Caledonia, Laburg, and Caesar, Descreux, Nov. 28, all from Tamatave ; the Comtc de Chazelles, Martin, Nov. 30, front Nantes; Sonach, Leafier, Nov. 30, from Calcutta ; Le Jeune Evenor, Benier, Dec. 2, from Toulpointe ; the Edouaro, Craig, Dec. 5 ; the Efliale, Donzelle, and Luming, Morgo, Dec. 2, from Bourbon ; the Saucy Jack, Manguard, Dec. 3, from Tamatave. _ _ Departures from the Mauritius.—The Emma, Goodman, Nov. 20, for London ; Porcupine, Nov. 20, for Toulpointc ; Watkins, Whitesides, Dec. 1, for Singapore ; Egbert, Paulin, Dec. 3, for London ; Fortitude, Wilson, Dec. 3, for London; Indemnity, Roberts, Dec. 3, for Ceylon ; Solomon, Cruaux, Nov. 28, for Boorbon ; Nimble, Petlow, Nov. 29, for Toul pointe ; Deux Freres, Bega, Nov. 25, for Augalega ; Coro mandel, Drinote, Nov. 21, for Bourbon ; Mars, Bremont, Nov. 29, for Calcutta ; Caledonia, Laburg, Nov. 30, for Tamatave; Porcupine, Nov. 30, for Toulpointe ; Tartar, for Laconforgee; Nov. 2, for Vohcmar Bay; Edouard, Arnulphy, Nov. 3, and Comte de Cherzelles, Nov. 3, for Bourbon ; Comet, Dessene, Nov. 3, for Maranzet. Ships loading at the Mauritius, Dec. 2.—The Protector, Battanshaw ; Ajax, Brenton; Elizabeth, Cundc ; Margaret, Wilkie ; Smith, Sarah, Sadler, Rapid, Lassie, Cambrian, Paul ; all for London. Lottery, Bagshaw ; Blyth, for Liver pool ; Patland, Tait, for Cork ; Maria Cecilia, for Cowes; Mary, Robertson, for Leith; Addingham, Sedgwick, and Em ma, King for New South Wales. Arrivals at Table Bay (Cape)—Emma, Dec. 26, from the Mauritius ; the Matilda, Conner, Dec 29, from London. Departures from Table Bay.—The Parmelia, Dec. 27, for the Mauritius ; William Strutt, Dec. 28, for London. Arrivals at Batavia.—The Argo, Billing, Oct. 20, from Sourabaya, and sailed Oct. 25, for the Mauritius; Morrison, Cobb, Oct. 23, from China and Singapore; the Gouda, Lazaun, Oct. 29, from Padang. Arrival st Ascension.—The Hope, Coombes, Jan. 2 2 , from Calcutta, Cape, and St. Helena, and sailed Jan. 22, for London. Departures from Table Bay (Cape).—The Dryade, So nalley, Dec. 26, for the United States, Conch, Bell, Dec. 27, for Algoa Bey ; Mary, Lucy, Dec. 27. for the United States ; Helen, Henderson, Dec. 28, for the Mauritius. Departure from Simons Bay.—Her Majesty's brig Lave ret, Bosanquet, Dec. 23, from the Mauritius. Ships spoken with.—The Fortitude, Wilson, from the Mauritius to Londonlgoing into Saldanha Bay, per the Abi elle, arrived at St. Helena; Avon, Cole, from London to the South Seas, with 63 barrels of sperm oil, per Matilda,arrived at the Cape ; Dutch brig Roltestroom, off St. Helena, per the Egburt, arrived at St. Helena. Passengers per the Emma, from the Mauritius (expected). —Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, Misses Combe, three children, and two servants. - T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, Cornhill,, London ( Seven:Doors fromGraerehurch-street), informs the Public, that he offers DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES and FORKS, with' plain ivory handles, silver ferrules, plated on steel blades, at Mr** Guineas per dozen pair, o r w ith solid silver blades, at Eight Guinea and a Half per dozen pair. N. B. Carved ivory handles at 13s. 6d. extra per dozen pair. BIRTHS. On the 23d ult., Mrs. Jeremiah Pereira, of Gerard-street, Soho, of a daughter. On the 24th ult., in New Cavendish-street, the lady of Captain T. Maitland, of H.M.S. " Wellesley," of a son. On the 25th ult., at Titsey-place, the lady of William Leveron Gower, Esq., of a son and heir. On the Ist inst., Mrs. Driver, wife of Edward Driver, Est., of Richmond-terrace, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Lee-road, Blackheath, the lady of William Bartlett, Esq., of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at St. John's, North-end, the lady of J. Thorn— ton Down, Esq., of a daughter. On the Ist inst., in llenrietta-street, Covent-garden, Mrs. Wni. Wardell, of a son. On the 27th ult., at Stoke Newington, Mrs. James Rundall, of a son. MARRIED. At Ludlow, Shropshire, on the 27th ult., Lieutenalat-Colonel John Colvin, Bengal Engineers, to Josephine Puget, eldest daugh ter of the late Captain J. Baker, R.N. On the Ist inst., at Dartford, Kent, William Cracroft Fooks, Esq., of Dartford, to Letitia, (laughter of the late Thomas Walker, Esq., of Bowman's Lodge, Dartford. DIED. On the 2d inst., Emily Frances, wife of Edward Drivir, Esq., of Richmond-terrace. _ On the Ist inst., in Regency-square, Brighton, the Hon. Eliza beth Monson, eldest sister of the late Right Hon. John George Lord Monson, and aunt of the Right Hon. Frederick John, the pre-- sent Lord Monson. On the 28th ult., Maria, eldest surv i v i ng d aug ht er o f F re de r i c k Colville, Esq., of arton House, Warwickshire, aged 10. On the 26th ult., Mr. Thomas Fislicr, aged 86. He was sixty three years coachman to the late Mrs. Fitshorbert. In Smith's-buildings, Leadenhall-street, on the Ist inst , Thos. Hitchcock, Esq., Major, West London Militia, aged 63. On the :28th ult., Elizabeth, wife of William Marsh, Esq., og Blackheath-park. On the 2d inst., at the Grove, Hackney, Robert Harris, Esq.,. aged 57. _ - On the 25th ult., William Goldsworthy, the infant son of Johq G. Shorter, aged 13. On the 26th ult., aged 33, Ann, wife of Mr. W. H. Billing; of the Long room, Custom-house. London. On the 6th of October, on board the " Strath-Eden, on hic pas sage home from India, the Rev. Joseph Wright, of BangiXore, 16 years Chaplain to the Hon East India Company, aged 48. On the Ist i n st., a t G rove -l ane Camberwell, Henry Thurston, Esq., of the St oc k E xc h ange, aged3S. At Leamington Priors, on the 27th ult., Mary, second daughter of the late Rev. John Ciinciall, of Kingston-on-Thames, having survived her younger sister only two months. On the 15th of July, through an accident in the Mississippi river, Benjamic, eldest son of Mr. B. Bewley, of Liddiard, Wilts. At Camberwell, on the 27th ult., David Dykes, Esq., late of Calcutta, aged 46. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the count y 01 Maldlesox,—Monday, March 5, 1835. I